Love at the Loom — page 40: what you’re looking at

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manner troubled her, and ” she dared not speak of it. A Cold Proposal. After the ride he sat with her for a while, but and said: “There 1s something I must do, Mildred. I forgot it. I will return in time for dinner.” -— had thrown on her street garments. He put on his coat and hat and hurried out. The door had hardly closed ere Mildred, with set teeth, The next moment she had glided silently from the house and was following him. “T shall know now why he acts so a muttered. ? mn oo Ke) cS (E(@) (ele) Was very restless until, about five o'clock, he rose - vn